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Pat Metheny: 'Antonia' (Original Post) sprinkleeninow Jul 2020 OP
A wonderful piece. The Secret Story album won a Grammy in 1993. LastDemocratInSC Jul 2020 #1
💙 sprinkleeninow Jul 2020 #2
I want to make 2 more comments about Pat Metheny. LastDemocratInSC Jul 2020 #3
Thanx for the direction to this David Blamires. sprinkleeninow Jul 2020 #7
Here's the Youtube link to "Antonia" with David Blamires and Mark Ledford LastDemocratInSC Jul 2020 #4
Cool. Thx. 😉 sprinkleeninow Jul 2020 #8
Not the promised 2nd post about Pat Metheny. LastDemocratInSC Jul 2020 #5
💙 sprinkleeninow Jul 2020 #9
Very fine. Ghost Dog Jul 2020 #6

LastDemocratInSC

(3,657 posts)
1. A wonderful piece. The Secret Story album won a Grammy in 1993.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 07:01 AM
Jul 2020

Pat Metheny's music has always been the soundtrack of my life.

Thank you for sharing.

LastDemocratInSC

(3,657 posts)
3. I want to make 2 more comments about Pat Metheny.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 08:26 PM
Jul 2020

This is the 1st of 2 more comments.

About "Antonia": It's a beautiful piece of music. The song has been circulating in my mind since your post about it. The prominent accordian music is played by David Blamires. From what I've read Pat tasked him with learning the accordian for the song and he did. But, David can play anything, so no surprise about that. He had at least one solo album along the way and it is wonderful: "The David Blamires Group" in 1990. I don't know if it is still available but it's on Youtube. If you like Pat Metheny you'll like David Blamires. He also played on the Metheny group albums "Still Life (talking)", "We Live Here" and "Imaginary Day", mostly brass horns. I saw the "We Live Here" tour way back when.

The vocals on "Antonia", meaning the whistling, is by Mark Ledford. He was with Pat for several albums. A remarkable musician in his own way. He could also play any instrument.

I suspect you like Pat Metheny's music as much as I do and I applaud you for that. His music has made my life much richer than it would have been otherwise.



sprinkleeninow

(20,268 posts)
8. Cool. Thx. 😉
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 10:30 PM
Jul 2020

Saw that one when I searched. But chose the one off the album.

Our local uni. station offers mostly classical evening and thru the nite with mix-ins of jazz, and like that here and there. 'Antonia' was played the nite I posted.

LastDemocratInSC

(3,657 posts)
5. Not the promised 2nd post about Pat Metheny.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 09:09 PM
Jul 2020

But another one from Secret Story with David Blamires and Mark Ledford on horns, in Germany in 1993, I think.


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